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What's your favorite sports movie?: Indiana roundtable

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Actor Gene Hackman gives fictional Hickory High basketball players instructions during filming of the final game of the movie "Hoosiers" at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University campus, Friday, Dec. 6, 1985 in Indianapolis. About 5,000 extras jammed the start for filming after an actual high school game was moved to the field. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)

Zach Fegely:Since I play baseball, my favorite all time sports movie would have to be "Bull Durham" with "Major League" a close second. "Remember the Titans" and "Friday Night Lights" are good football movies.

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Bill Engel:"Miracle" is one of my favorite movies of all time not only because it was a good move but simply due to the fact that the US beating the Soviet Union in that Olympics was probably the single biggest upset in the history of sports.

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Matthew Pencek:"The Natural." I still get goosebumps during the final Roy Hobbs at bat punctuated by Randy Newman's music.

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Michael Sedor:We don't have a lot of 50-Yard Lion responses here so I'm offering up my Top 10. Please feel free to disagree with my cinematic taste in the comment section below. 10. "Crazylegs" OK, I've never actually seen this but it's the first film my dad ever saw and the reason we're Rams fans. 9. "The Program" Saw this with my entire college football team on a Friday night prior to a game to ensure that we wouldn't be out drinking and getting in trouble. The movie taught me that we were looking at athletics the wrong way.8. "The Harder They Fall" I'm a sucker for journalist-fights-corruption stories, especially when the journalist fails.7. "Ip Man 2" gets the nod for its ridiculously over-the-top patriotic portrayal of the British. So many great choices here though: "Enter the Dragon", "Bloodsport" and the "Ong-Bak" series.6. D2: The Mighty Ducks What can I say, I love USA vs. the world films. We're on a sequel roll here. Just wish there was room for Harrisburg's own "Major League 2", "Rocky 2", "Caddyshack II" and "The Black Stallion Returns".5. "Junior Bonner" Criminally underrated performance by Steve McQueen in this transformed modern-day western.4. "Victory" It's like McQueen's "Great Escape" only with a Sylvester Stallone goalkeeping performance as its coup de grace rather than a motorcycle leap.3. "Wildcats" This movie has it all: Goldie Hawn, Nipsey Russell, Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson pre-"Money Train", and most importantly the man who changed NCAA wrestling rules: Tab Thacker.2. "Takedowns and Falls" I've shied away from documentaries on this list but this fantastic film chronicles the hometown Central Dauphin wrestling team and tells some great stories. 1a. 3 Fast 3 Furious a/k/a "Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift" Is there competition? Yes. Are there races to be won? Yes. This counts. But if it doesn't...1. "Heaven Can Wait" The Rams win the Super Bowl? Best sports movie ever.

Timothy Johnson:Tough one—too many to pick from. I loved Remember the Titans and Miracle back when they came out. The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, and Eight Men Out got me going on baseball when I was younger, too. I’m a huge Rocky fan (let’s pretend Rocky V didn’t happen)—how can you not start waving your American flag after Stallone single-handedly saves the world from Communism with that “if I can change…” speech after fighting Drago in Rocky IV? But for me, nothing captured the innocence of my childhood and love for sports better than The Sandlot. Oh, Cool Runnings was awesome too. Disney was really on their game back in the 90s.

Except for when they made things like Air Bud- Seventh Inning Fetch. Get it? It's like the seventh inning stretch in baseball, except they changed "stretch" to "fetch" BECAUSE THE LEAD CHARACTER'S A BASEBALL-PLAYING DOG AND DOGS LIKE FETCHING THINGS HOW DOES A DOG PLAY BASEBALL IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS TO HOLD THE BAT MAYBE THEY JUST USE HIM AS A PINCH RUNNER I GUESS I SHOULD JUST WATCH THE MOVIE AND FIND OUT.